Toujours Pur | Euphemia Black

Chapter 50 | One More Chance

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Being in a relationship for Florean was quite a good way to keep his mind off the whole Euphemia situation - he was able to sneak around school with David, the two of them making out and having fun wherever and whenever possible, as long as they kept it completely secret.

If they were to reveal their relationship to anyone, not only would they get discriminated against for being together but they would also be terribly misunderstood as everyone would assume that they were 'gay.'

Besides, Florean hadn't even told his parents yet and neither had David, as the pair of them had both been so conflicted and confused about their feelings towards both genders that it would've been hard to explain to their parents.

Florean knew that Mr and Mrs Fortescue would be fine with it, it was just the explanation that he wasn't just gay and that he liked girls as well which would be the issue.

No one had ever heard of it before and David was the first person that Florean had ever met that was also going through the same problem.

The stress that had filled Florean's life ever since the entire group had fallen out with Mia had started to disappear as he distracted himself with David and he slowly found himself discovering happiness again.

Of course, there was always a melancholy and betrayed feeling that settled in the pit of his stomach whenever he passed Euphemia in the corridor or saw her in one of his classes but that couldn't be helped.

David had suggested for them to talk to her or else it wouldn't get any better but Florean was pretty sure that all of his friends were completely against Mia and believed her to be the spy that Orion claimed that she was.

Besides, all the emotional wounds were still rather raw and, even if some of his friends were unsure on whether to hate Euphemia or not, it was still rather a touchy subject and awkward silences always had to be endured whenever her name was accidentally brought up in conversation.

Charlus seemed to be taking it the hardest and the harshest because he had even taken to glaring darkly at Mia in the corridors and in classes, reminding Florean of the time that Euphemia and Charlus hated each other.

He really thought it was a shame because they had been getting on so well together as of late and the majority of the group had actually thought that they were going to get together at some point. Apparently not.

However, whenever he thought about Mia, Florean couldn't help but feel betrayed as all of the points did add up - if she had been a spy then it did make sense why she had always been flitting between the two groups and why she had chosen to hang out with other Slytherins at times instead of them.

At the times that Mia had chosen her family and other Slytherins etc over them, Florean had simply assumed that it was to ensure her safety and for Euphemia make sure she wasn't seen around with them for her own sake. But what if it had been something more?

Florean shook his head with a sigh as he walked through the grounds, his hands deep in his robes pockets as he made his way to his Herbology lesson.

He had planned to walk down with Pomona but she had had to run back to the dormitories to fetch her textbook at the last minute - her mind was all over the place, as was the same case with the rest of them.

So that meant he was alone and Florean couldn't help but take his time to get to the greenhouses as he knew that the Slytherins, who the Hufflepuffs shared the class with, would be lingering outside and the boy didn't really fancy standing there whilst they called him every name under the sun. Plus, Mia would be amongst them and Florean wasn't sure he could handle the pain.